Improved gag-swivel



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e? o" 7 l i tinned \WQW- fitatm CHARLES B. PAYNE, OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS.Letters Patent No. 83,787, dated November 3, 1868.

IMPROVED GAG-SWIVEL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making par: of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES B. PAYNE, ofClinton, in the county of Dewitt, and in the State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new. and useful Improvement in Gag-Swivels; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of a gag-swiveland buckle, which will save nearly one-half of the leather now used, andat the same time be more durable, and can be made ornamental in any waydesired.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I till now proceed to describe its construction andoperation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

A represents a gag-swivel, made of malleable iron or other suitablematerial, one end of which forms a buckle, and the other a tongue, whichis riveted to the strap or leather, the swivel itself being formed oftwo side-bars an, and a centre-bar b, bulging out beyond the other two.

The buckle may be made as any ordinary buckle, or it may be made withastationary tongue, as shown in figure 2.

Instead of forming a tongue on the end of the gagswivel, and rivetingthe same to the leather, it may be provided with a loop, to which thestrap is then stitched.

The two side-bars a a may be dispensed with, in which case the strapwill extend up into the buckle, and form, itself, the back part of theswivel, the centrebar I) being, by its tongue, riveted to the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The gag-swivel, formed of one piece of metal, and composed of the twobars (a a, and outwardly-curved bar b, with a buckleat one end, and witha rivet-plate at the other, all substantiallyas herein set forth.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 29th day of June, 1868.

' CHARLES E. PAYNE.

Witnesses:

G. M. PARKER, Z. H. BEATTY.

